The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2144
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 | 160.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.72° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.38° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| 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.