The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
5:09 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2379
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 | 143.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / 0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.01° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.98° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.