The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 1972
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
2:23 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 279.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.06° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.84° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.