The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
5:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 165.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 345.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.37° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.37° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.