The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 1961
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
10:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 243.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.53° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.81° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.