The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
2:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.23° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.47° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.