The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 2177
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
2:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3146
Events on this date
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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 | 93.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.63° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.19° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.