The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2106
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
8:42 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2267
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 77% of the Sun is covered at 2:52 PM.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.4° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.66° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.45° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.