The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 1995
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
1:03 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 896
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.40° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.60° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.