The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3085
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 | 165.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.1° / 339.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.10° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.98° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.