The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
5:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 734
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.78° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.99° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.