The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
1:56 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2207
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.38° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.59° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.