The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 2019
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
7:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.03° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.41° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.