The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
2:32 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3183
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 | 98.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.50° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.52° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.