The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
5:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 29
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 | 142.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.94° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.15° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.