The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
6:02 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 169.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 336.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.88° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.