The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 5, 2090
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
1:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2070
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 | 72.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 72.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.99° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.41° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.