The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:44 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 113.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.58° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.