The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1912
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
6:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -132
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.67° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.11° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.