The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1988
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
6:35 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 809
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.08° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.81° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.