The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2154
Waning Gibbous
61.0% 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
2:17 AM
11:27 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2861
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -25.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.63° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.65° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| 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.