The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1923
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
10:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 4
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.88° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.18° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.