The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1930
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
1:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 62.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.44° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.22° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.