The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1937
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
5:28 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 315.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.63° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.36° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.