The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
2:56 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 227
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 | 104.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.81° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.36° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.