The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 1972
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 259.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.01° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.42° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.21° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.