The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1996
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.14° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.99° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.