The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
4:05 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 137.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.63° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.78° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.