The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 1, 1948
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 289.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.88° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.