The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1999
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
10:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 235.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.88° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.20° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.