The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1934
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 140
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 | 261.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.43° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.61° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.