The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 2005
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
8:13 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 345.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.74° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.04° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.