The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% 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
1:58 PM
2:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1773
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.53° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.95° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.