The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1991
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 222.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.13° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.22° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.