The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2013
Waning Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
4:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 309.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.12° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.69° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.