The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 1991
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
9:37 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 845
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.95° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.41° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.