The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1949
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
2:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 326
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.84° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.98° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.