The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1977
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
6:02 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 177.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.33° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.