The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1960
Waxing Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
1:14 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 78.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.68° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.79° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.