The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1904
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
11:52 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -230
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.74° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.71° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.