The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
4:32 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 307.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 6.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.85° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.10° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.