The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2078
Waning Gibbous
65.0% 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
1:58 AM
11:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1921
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.22° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.83° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.