The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1915
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -95
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 | 237.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.88° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.91° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.