The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1976
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
1:02 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.10° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.82° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.