The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% 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
6:17 PM
5:04 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2416
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 | 150.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 11.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -6.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.65° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.31° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.