The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2048
Waning Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
3:45 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1551
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 | 295.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.10° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.83° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.