The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1991
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
11:35 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 254.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.58° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.80° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.