The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
4:30 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 400
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 | 143.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 25.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.00° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.56° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| 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.