The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 1, 2079
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
11:41 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1935
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.26° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.20° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.