The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2097
Waning Gibbous
59.9% 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
2:23 AM
11:35 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2156
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.73° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.63° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.