The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2056
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
9:53 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 234.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.01° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.18° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.