The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 1951
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
6:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 326.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.84° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.77° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.