The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2068
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1798
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.65° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.13° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.