The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2118
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
6:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2416
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.99° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 212.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.