The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1969
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
7:03 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 199.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.89° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.84° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.