The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2048
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
1:40 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1550
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 | 277.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.90° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.19° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.