The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1947
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
6:47 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 301
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.64° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.