The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
5:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1711
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 | 158.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 356.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.68° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.54° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.