The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 1, 2059
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
11:14 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1687
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 | 248.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.99° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.20° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.