The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1278
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 | 223.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.47° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.39° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.