The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
5:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1439
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.99° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.76° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.