The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1926
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
11:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 41
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 | 250.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.30° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.82° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.