The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
8:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 210.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.76° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.42° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.