The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
5:38 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1946
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 | 163.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.10° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.75° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.