The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1946
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
11:19 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.92° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.38° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.