The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
4:39 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 165
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.52° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.16° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.