The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
10:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 234.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.45° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.36° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.