The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2019
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
9:22 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 8.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 123.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.58° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.