The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1919
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 47.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.10° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.69° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.