The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
3:59 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 120.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.20° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.38° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.