The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
4:15 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 136.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.66° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.34° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.