The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
4:25 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1674
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 | 121.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.97° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.34° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.