The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1975
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
1:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 647
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.31° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.64° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.