The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2175
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
5:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3121
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.11° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.