The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1913
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
7:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -120
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 | 352.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.3° / 183.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.03° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.21° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.