The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 2023
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
7:01 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1242
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 | 200.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.15° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.00° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.