The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
5:25 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 400
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 | 166.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 343.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.47° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.19° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.