The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 5, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
3:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3283
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.53° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.18° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.