The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
8:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 956
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 9.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.64° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.71° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 32.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.