The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2002
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
12:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.84° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.82° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.