The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2121
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
8:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2453
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 | 214.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.12° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.01° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.