The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1915
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
11:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -95
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 | 263.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.72° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.30° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.