The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.27° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.75° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.