The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
3:59 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1105
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.92° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.33° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| 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.