The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1920
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
9:31 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -32
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 | 223.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.69° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.00° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.