The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1936
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
6:10 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 166
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.92° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.81° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.