The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1976
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 47.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.58° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.27° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.