The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1929
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
4:31 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 78
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 | 312.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 208.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.27° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.33° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.