The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Waning Gibbous
97.5% 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
10:06 PM
7:38 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.56° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.03° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.