The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2043
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
4:32 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1488
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 212.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.65° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.74° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.