The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
4:10 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 134.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.89° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.54° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.