The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2080
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
7:03 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1946
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 | 199.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -25.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.45° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.78° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.