The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2094
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
10:36 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2119
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.14° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.99° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.