The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2007
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
6:43 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 193.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.57° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.24° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.