The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
5:32 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 169.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.35° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.79° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| 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.