The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1965
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
12:27 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 524
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 | 55.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 25.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.40° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.29° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.