The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2029
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:08 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1315
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 | 249.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.96° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.99° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.