The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
3:38 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1538
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 | 122.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.51° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.37° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.