The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 5, 1986
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
7:33 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 339.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.6° / 179.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.88° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.22° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.