The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
3:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 115.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.11° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.17° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.