The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
5:48 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 163.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.18° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.55° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.