The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
3:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 363
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.52° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.34° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.