The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3121
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 7.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.30° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.11° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.