The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
2:14 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1304
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.54° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.20° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.