The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 1961
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:36 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 475
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.38° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.