The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
4:27 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1810
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -4.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.52° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.13° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.