The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2103
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
8:06 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2230
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 | 349.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.52° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.86° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.