The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2133
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
9:33 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2602
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.7° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.63° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.84° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.