The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2108
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
3:33 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2292
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.12° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.30° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.