The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 1945
Waning Gibbous
70.4% 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
1:02 AM
11:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 246.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.78° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.81° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| 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.