The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1958
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
8:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 209.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.01° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.79° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.