The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 2072
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1848
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 | 234.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.76° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.96° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.