The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 2068
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
10:24 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1799
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.60° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.43° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.