The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 1, 1997
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
5:05 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 313.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 7.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.97° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.74° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.