The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
4:06 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 363
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 38.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.91° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.95° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.