The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2048
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
11:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1550
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 | 251.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.56° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.79° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| 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.