The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
3:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 599
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 | 140.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 42.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.29° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.77° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.