The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2135
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
11:08 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2626
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.88° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.84° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.