The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
3:17 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 104.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 11.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.50° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.75° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.