The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
3:44 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1638
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.42° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.40° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.