The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2043
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
2:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1488
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 | 285.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.91° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.31° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.29° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.