The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 2041
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
1:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1465
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.86° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.62° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.