The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
3:13 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 120.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.70° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.35° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.