The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1998
First Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
2:31 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.85° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.57° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.