The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:19 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1637
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 | 105.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.82° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.98° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.