The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
5:55 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 301
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 | 161.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.34° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.97° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.