The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2076
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
9:09 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.82° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.27° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.