The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2196
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
12:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3382
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.09° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.45° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.