The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
5:36 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2181
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 | 165.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 344.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.95° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.94° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.