The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2056
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
11:54 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1649
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.16° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.57° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.