The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1904
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
10:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -231
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 | 250.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.02° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.09° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.