The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1970
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
6:40 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 335.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.3° / 185.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.81° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.44° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.