The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 155.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.70° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.19° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.