The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1997
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
7:19 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 919
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 165.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.36° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.05° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.