The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
4:40 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 129.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.40° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.56° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.