The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 2018
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
8:35 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1180
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 | 214.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.18° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.77° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.