The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
4:12 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1303
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 32.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.29° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.99° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.