The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
4:12 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 134.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 34.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.25° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.57° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.