The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2151
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
8:19 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2824
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.48° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.61° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.