The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
4:32 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 144.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 22.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.53° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.15° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.