The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2010
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
9:28 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 230.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -24.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.14° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.00° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.