The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1928
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
6:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.83° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.79° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.