The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2189
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3294
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 | 222.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.05° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.24° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| 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.