The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1921
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
8:22 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -20
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 | 351.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.39° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.71° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.