The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
6:49 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 330.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 204.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.18° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.58° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.