The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1957
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
11:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.40° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.91° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.