The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
5:08 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1241
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 | 143.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.13° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.10° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.