The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2178
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3158
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 | 223.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.30° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.19° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.