The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2041
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
1:15 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1464
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.91° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.26° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.