The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
3:41 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.01° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.57° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.