The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2078
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
10:02 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1921
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 | 240.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.53° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.76° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.64° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| 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.