The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2054
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
4:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1624
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.18° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.76° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.