The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 1942
Waning Gibbous
91.0% 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
11:30 PM
8:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 214.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.26° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.