The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1918
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
12:52 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 263.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.57° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.63° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.