The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1942
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
11:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 239
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 | 246.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.59° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.00° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.