The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2053
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
8:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1612
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 | 211.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.26° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.58° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.