The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:46 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1303
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 | 97.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.18° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.56° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.