The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Waning Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
12:29 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 264.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.50° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.58° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.