The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 2010
Waning Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
2:13 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 278.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.04° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.21° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.