The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 1911
First Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
2:02 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -144
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.07° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.10° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.