The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 771
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 | 149.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 9.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.57° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.52° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.