The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2140
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2688
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 | 218.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.35° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.80° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.