The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2015
Full Moon
99.7% 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
8:09 PM
6:21 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 326.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.31° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.