The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2187
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
4:27 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3270
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 | 307.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 221.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.53° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.10° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.