The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2036
First Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
2:43 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1402
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.31° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.97° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.