The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1983
Waning Crescent
45.3% 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
3:10 AM
1:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 275.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.17° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.41° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.