The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1918
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
5:37 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -57
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 226.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.91° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.55° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.