The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1991
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 846
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.21° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.58° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.