The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
4:09 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 117.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.02° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.54° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.