The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
1:59 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2677
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.56° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.21° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| 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.