The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Waning Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
3:32 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1018
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.72° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.92° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.