The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 1916
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
11:31 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -81
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.97° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.98° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.