The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1970
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
10:56 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.90° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.43° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.