The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1959
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
8:11 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 350.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 148.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.15° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.08° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.