The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1901
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
8:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.22° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.73° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.