The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2032
Waning Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
2:12 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1352
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.03° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.06° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| 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.