The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2141
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
8:07 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2700
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 | 349.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.28° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.49° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.