The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2005
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
5:52 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 326.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.14° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.37° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.