The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
4:36 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 146.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 21.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.35° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.77° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.