The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2024
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
5:51 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.81° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.18° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.