The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2008
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
6:38 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 188.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 10.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.60° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.04° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.