The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 1, 1980
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
8:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.68° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.40° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.