The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
3:20 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -70
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 | 139.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 49.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.13° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.43° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.