The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 1956
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
5:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 413
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 | 316.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.51° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.15° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.