The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 1950
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
11:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 339
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 | 248.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.98° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.98° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.