The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1996
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
8:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 208.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.35° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.40° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.