The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1204
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 0.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.52° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.39° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.0° |
| 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.