The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -70
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.49° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.07° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.