The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2102
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2218
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.96° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.20° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.