The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2198
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
8:20 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3405
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 | 354.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 145.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.67° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.70° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.