The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2071
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
1:15 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 75.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.39° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.23° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.