The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2051
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
11:50 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1587
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 | 255.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.88° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.46° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.