The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 2006
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
1:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 64.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.88° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.05° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.