The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1926
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
1:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.41° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.23° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.