The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1953
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
9:34 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 233.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.72° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.02° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.