The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
4:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1069
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.7° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.58° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.20° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.