The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1988
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
8:45 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 808
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.21° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.00° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.