The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1910
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
5:58 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -156
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.38° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.73° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.