The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1986
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
5:33 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 323.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 198.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.75° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.55° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.