The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1946
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:41 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 290
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 | 77.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.24° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.29° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.43° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.