The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1974
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
6:31 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 188.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.01° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.