The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1941
Waxing Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
1:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 227
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 | 79.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.37° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.77° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.