The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
5:56 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 164.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 345.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.79° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.15° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.