The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1900
Waxing Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.07° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.77° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.