The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
4:00 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 598
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.14° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.36° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.