The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2002
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
2:03 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.12° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.23° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.