The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2046
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
8:31 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1525
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.08° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.89° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.