The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2072
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1847
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 | 219.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.65° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.38° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.