The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1938
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 46.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.49° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.90° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.