June 2
June 2 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 212 days remain until the year's end. It falls in spring (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Gemini.
Day of year
154
Days remaining
212
ISO week
22
Zodiac
Gemini
Season
Spring
Sun declination
+22.3°
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Wikipedia: this day →Britannica: this day →LoC: Today in History →History.com: this day →On-This-Day.com →BBC: On This Day →NYT: this day →Time and Date →NASA APOD archive →U.S. Naval Observatory →Wolfram|Alpha →Wikidata →Google Books →JSTOR →Internet Archive →
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Astronomy
Computed via Cooper's formula. Positive declination = Sun north of the celestial equator (Northern Hemisphere summer).
On June 2 the Sun's declination is approximately +22.3°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a June 2.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Republic Day (Italy, 1946)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
- 1953 — Coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey, the first to be televised internationally. ↗(73 years ago)
- 1966 — Surveyor 1, the first American spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, touched down. ↗(60 years ago)
- 1979 — Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit a communist country with a trip to his native Poland. ↗(47 years ago)
Notable births
Notable deaths
- 1882 — Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and revolutionary. ↗(144 years ago)
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (154) | 2 × 7 × 11 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (212) | 2^2 × 53 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 02062026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +22.29° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 18 days |