The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
4:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 305.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / 0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.99° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.89° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.