The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1980
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
8:16 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 206.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.20° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.04° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.