The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 2000
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
8:01 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 155.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.65° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.86° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.