The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 5, 2078
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
1:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1921
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 | 277.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.62° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.25° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.