The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
4:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 499
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 | 124.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.15° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.15° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.