The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1985
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:54 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 771
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.92° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.00° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| 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.