The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1945
Last Quarter
45.6% 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
3:02 AM
1:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 276
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.01° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.87° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.04° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.