The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1962
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:59 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 486
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 | 352.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.7° / 149.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.65° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.10° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.