The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2148
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
7:50 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2787
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 | 200.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 288.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.83° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.22° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.