The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
3:46 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3047
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.03° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.57° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.