The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
3:57 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2008
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 | 131.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.85° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.77° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.