The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
4:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.64° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.