The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
4:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 130.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.44° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.91° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.