The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2043
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
7:19 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 193.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.73° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.40° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.