The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2018
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
10:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.78° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.98° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.