The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1901
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
5:18 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:06 AM, is deepest at 1:30 PM and ends at 3:55 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 345.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.95° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.