The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:23 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 105.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.36° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.16° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.