The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 1, 2014
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
11:49 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1131
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 | 44.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.16° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.70° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.