The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 5, 2166
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
1:54 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3011
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 67.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.76° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.02° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| 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.