The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2182
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
11:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3208
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 | 33.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.94° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.92° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.