The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 2040
Last Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
12:41 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1452
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.24° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.59° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.