The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2030
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
11:31 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1328
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.52° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.76° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.