The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
4:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1909
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.43° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.73° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.