The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2083
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
7:10 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1983
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus 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 | 202.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.83° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.22° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.