The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 5, 2042
Waning Gibbous
96.3% 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
11:17 PM
7:07 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1477
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 | 201.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.73° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.81° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.