The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1934
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
9:38 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 140
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 | 235.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.88° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.22° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.