The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2000
Waxing Crescent
3.3% 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
7:48 AM
10:25 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.91° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.81° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.