The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1927
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
1:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 55
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.44° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.24° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.