The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2082
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
2:35 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1971
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.01° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.78° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.