The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2184
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
12:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3232
Events on this date
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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 | 269.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 241.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.79° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.90° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.