The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2101
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
2:10 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2206
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 | 79.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.02° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.18° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.