The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
5:51 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 437
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 338.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.85° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.74° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.