The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2098
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
11:41 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.71° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.52° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.