The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
4:52 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 315.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 208.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.35° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.38° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.