The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2105
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2255
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 | 227.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.04° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.82° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| 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.