The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1921
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
4:19 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -21
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 | 308.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.52° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.55° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| 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.