The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 3, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
4:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1909
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 | 130.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.31° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.54° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| 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.