The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1902
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
2:48 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -256
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 | 303.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.37° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.99° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.24° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| 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.