The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 1995
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
12:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 64.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.47° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.24° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.