The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.15° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.96° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.