The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1983
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
10:23 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 242.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.57° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.81° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.