The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2171
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
7:16 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3071
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 165.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.31° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.10° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.