The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1999
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
11:44 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 251.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.25° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.80° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.