The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% 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
2:36 PM
3:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2243
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 | 107.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.28° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.55° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.