The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 1973
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
9:53 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 624
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
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Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 24.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.78° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.26° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.