The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
1:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 72.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.75° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.20° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.