The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
11:17 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1230
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.02° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.39° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.