The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
4:58 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3084
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 | 142.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -1.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.83° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.53° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.