The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2075
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1884
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.40° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.81° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.