The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2089
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
1:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2057
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.33° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.27° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.