The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
4:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1204
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 | 127.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 31.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.67° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.75° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.