The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 3, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
6:33 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3022
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 | 173.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.94° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.4° |
| 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.