The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1977
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.90° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.18° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.