The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% 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
1:51 PM
2:58 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 100.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.76° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.36° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.