The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
5:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2515
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 352.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.94° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.56° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.