The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
3:43 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2478
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / -0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.22° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.56° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.