The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% 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
7:41 PM
5:53 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 672
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 | 167.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 339.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.75° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.93° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| 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.