The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 1, 1969
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
6:34 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.77° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.02° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.