The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1956
Waning Crescent
26.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
3:33 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.1%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 298.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -1.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.88° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.47° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.