The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 1, 2159
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
6:12 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2924
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.28° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.