The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1986
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
3:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 783
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.73° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.10° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.