The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2007
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 216.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.01° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.60° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.