The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
12:14 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1180
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.56° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.59° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.