The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2129
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
7:40 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2552
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 | 197.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.62° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.43° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| 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.