The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 1953
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 229.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.72° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.19° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.