The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2063
First Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:43 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.59° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.59° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.