The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 1999
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
8:38 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 213.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.02° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.82° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.