The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 1989
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
6:53 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 821
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.0° / 204.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.64° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.