The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2011
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
11:07 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1093
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 | 26.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.82° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.57° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.