The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1918
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
3:02 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 292.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.08° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.88° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.