The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2196
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
1:03 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3381
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.18° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.80° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.