The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
5:40 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 171.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.23° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.41° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.