The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
5:02 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2144
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 | 138.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.86° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.75° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.