The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
3:54 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 139.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.69° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.44° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.