The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
5:45 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 883
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.30° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.55° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.