The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2022
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
12:31 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.33° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.09° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.