The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1968
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
1:35 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 65.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.25° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.60° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.