The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
5:35 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 735
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 332.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.73° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.40° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.