The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Waning Gibbous
99.0% 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
10:00 PM
6:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 191.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.79° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.80° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.