The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2034
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
8:02 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1377
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 | 203.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.77° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.80° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.