The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 1998
First Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
1:42 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 9.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.44° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.41° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.