The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2155
Waxing Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
12:03 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2874
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 28.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.51° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.07° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.