The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
2:41 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1538
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 | 96.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.65° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.75° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| 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.