The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2070
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
1:10 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1822
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.95° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.45° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.