The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2170
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3059
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 | 219.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.24° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.43° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.