The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1937
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:54 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.50° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.57° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.24° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.