The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2024
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
3:21 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.63° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.73° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.