The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
3:44 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 125.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.94° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.38° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.