The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1977
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
6:36 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 672
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.83° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.