The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1987
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
1:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.10° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.01° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.