The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1994
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
2:07 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 282.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.43° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.45° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.