The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 5, 1969
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
11:37 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 250.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.79° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.79° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| 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.