The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
3:56 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.24° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.74° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.