The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 2170
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
12:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3060
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.48° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.39° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.