The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1954
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
12:11 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 389
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 | 58.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.91° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.09° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.