The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2056
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1649
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.72° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.00° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.