The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2167
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
7:35 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3022
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 | 195.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.71° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.83° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.