The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
2:22 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 797
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 | 100.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.53° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.96° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.