The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1938
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
11:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 43.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.76° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.72° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.