The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1921
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
6:22 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -21
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 | 332.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 188.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.02° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.02° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.