The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 2013
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
2:23 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 280.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.11° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.43° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.