The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1988
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
7:04 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 808
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 | 200.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -25.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.97° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.64° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.