The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
3:41 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 141.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.63° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.59° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.