The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2144
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
11:58 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2739
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 | 47.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.05° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.69° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.