The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2165
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
1:03 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2997
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 241.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.55° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.10° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.