The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
2:42 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -106
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.53° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.