The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 3, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
4:56 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1810
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 | 150.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.34° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.94° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.