The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 1981
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:01 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 722
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.49° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.07° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.