The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:14 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 108.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.68° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.55° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.