The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1919
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
1:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 73.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.96° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.24° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.