The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1992
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
11:59 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 858
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 | 37.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.89° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.15° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.