The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
4:55 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.38° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.54° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.