The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2162
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
12:35 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2960
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 | 263.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.20° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.41° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.