The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
5:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 67
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 355.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.83° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.36° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.