The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1945
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 250.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.44° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.03° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.63° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.