The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
2:42 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2713
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 | 101.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.58° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.16° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| 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.