The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 1939
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
7:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 204.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.12° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.98° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.