The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
2:46 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 96.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.25° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.77° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.