The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1953
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
2:34 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 376
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.03° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.03° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.