The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 5, 1975
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
5:01 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 310.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 230.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.21° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.73° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.