The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
3:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 401
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 | 137.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.54° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.37° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.