The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 5, 2145
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
6:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2751
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.59° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.