The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 2021
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
4:34 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1217
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 | 307.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.18° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.69° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.