The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1983
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
11:16 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 253.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.47° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.00° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.