The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2029
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
1:17 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1315
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 241.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.40° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.39° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.