The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% 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
7:20 PM
5:51 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 771
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 | 163.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.66° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.35° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| 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.