The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
2:21 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 109.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.40° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.00° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.