The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 2078
Waning Gibbous
69.0% 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
1:20 AM
11:09 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1922
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 | 247.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.26° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.01° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| 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.