The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1969
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
8:52 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 573
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -28.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.49° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.20° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.