The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1948
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
7:14 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 336.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.2° / 186.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.92° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.84° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.