The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1942
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:00 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
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Saturn and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.28° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.63° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.