The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2025
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
2:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.49° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.49° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.40° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.