The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
5:53 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1711
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 | 169.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.64° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.36° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.