The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% 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
2:44 PM
3:09 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2008
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 | 109.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.54° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.15° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.