The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
3:02 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 99.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.87° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.15° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.