The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1908
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
12:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -180
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 | 73.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.17° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.32° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.