The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 2024
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
3:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 295.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.44° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.89° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.