The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
3:53 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2243
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 | 129.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -2.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.13° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.17° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.