The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 1911
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -143
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.94° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.36° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.