The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2040
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
11:14 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1451
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 | 254.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.45° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.22° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.