The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 1978
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
8:46 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 685
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.22° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.91° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 6.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.