The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2014
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
1:14 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 73.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.04° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.41° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.