The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
4:01 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 132.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.26° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.13° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| 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.