The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2154
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
1:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2861
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 | 282.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 229.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.55° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.05° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.