The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1931
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 103
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 | 224.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.12° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.59° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.