The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2021
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
12:28 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 236.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.47° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.62° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.