The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
8:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 206.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.95° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.99° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.