The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
5:48 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 163.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.01° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.50° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.