The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2040
Waning Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
2:50 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1451
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 | 293.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.45° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.84° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.