The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 160.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.20° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.18° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.