The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
4:33 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 870
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 21.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.05° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.95° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.