The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 2007
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
6:01 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1044
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 | 187.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.91° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.41° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.