The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
4:04 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 29
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 | 118.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.05° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.52° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.