The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 1950
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
8:55 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 228.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -28.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.94° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.38° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.