The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1932
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
6:47 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 115
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.29° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.04° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.