The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 1, 2178
Waning Gibbous
98.6% 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
10:16 PM
6:47 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3159
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.85° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.97° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.