The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2045
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
7:36 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1513
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 | 209.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -27.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.94° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.80° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.