The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
4:59 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2849
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 | 142.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.73° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.33° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.