The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2181
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
10:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3195
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 | 239.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.35° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.84° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.