The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2059
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
9:54 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1686
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 | 239.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.31° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.84° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.