The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
5:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 151.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 8.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.62° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.31° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| 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.