The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2181
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
11:41 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.64° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.19° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.