The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1909
Waning Gibbous
96.9% 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
9:54 PM
6:12 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -168
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 | 200.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.50° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.13° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.