The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 2143
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
1:34 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2726
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.32° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.21° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.