The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2015
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
9:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 217.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.44° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.60° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.