The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2081
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
3:29 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1958
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.04° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.92° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.