The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1241
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 | 154.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 2.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.81° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.92° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.