The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2750
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 353.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -9.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.70° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.75° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| 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.