The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2176
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
2:29 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3133
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -9.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.71° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.65° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.52° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.