The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1988
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
11:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 248.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.07° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.59° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.