The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
7:14 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.15° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.79° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.