The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1981
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
10:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 21.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.31° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.61° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.