The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
5:34 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 336.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.57° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.