The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
4:06 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 115.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.15° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.74° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.