The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
3:40 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1340
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.82° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.72° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.