The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:21 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 102.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.11° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.99° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.