The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
4:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1242
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 | 148.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.94° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.75° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.