The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1997
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
5:01 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 919
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 206.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.58° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.