The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% 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
5:31 PM
4:31 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 142.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 25.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.55° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.73° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.