The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
3:28 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 833
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.57° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.95° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.