The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2146
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
1:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2762
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.10° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.28° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.