The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
5:28 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 339.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.85° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.78° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.