The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1938
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
1:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 73.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.40° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.45° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.