The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1907
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -194
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 | 280.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.22° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.94° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.