The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1929
Waning Crescent
34.4% 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
3:54 AM
2:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 78
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 | 288.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.14° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.88° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.