The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:23 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1501
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 | 105.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.35° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.20° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.