The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
4:28 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3220
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 | 134.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 0.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.30° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.67° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.