The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2105
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
11:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2255
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 | 250.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.42° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.21° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.