The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
2:40 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1216
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 | 291.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.34° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.04° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.