The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2059
Waning Gibbous
65.7% 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
1:51 AM
10:59 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1686
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 | 251.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.06° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.03° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| 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.