The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1987
First Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
2:42 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.86° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.58° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| 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.