The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2045
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
9:22 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1513
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.79° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.17° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.