The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 5, 2141
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
10:17 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2702
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.92° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.86° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.