The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2070
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
12:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1822
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 | 259.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.45° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.25° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.