The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1981
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
7:59 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 721
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.74° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.91° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.