The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 1, 1926
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
11:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.21° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.99° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.