The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1940
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
6:55 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 1.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 175.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.37° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.83° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.