The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 1992
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
9:48 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 859
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.06° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.46° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.