The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1948
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
3:05 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 313
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 | 296.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.08° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.70° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.