The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2181
Last Quarter
53.5% 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
1:53 AM
12:46 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3195
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.77° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.23° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| 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.