The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:41 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 162.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 350.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.49° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.13° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.