The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 1950
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
6:36 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 339
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 | 196.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -28.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.62° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.20° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.