The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2063
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
1:19 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.41° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.01° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.