The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
2:19 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1601
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.55° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.20° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.