The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2062
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
4:51 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1723
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 210.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.56° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.