The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2124
Waning Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2490
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.50° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.00° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.