The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
4:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 129.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.15° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.35° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.