The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
3:57 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1674
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.64° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.53° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| 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.