The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1910
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
3:17 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -157
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.89° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.04° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.