The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1900
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
12:40 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.11° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.33° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.