The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1984
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
12:25 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 759
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 | 53.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.20° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.48° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.