The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1953
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
11:53 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 259.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.90° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.41° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| 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.