The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1920
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
6:46 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 186.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.50° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.