The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2083
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
6:22 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1983
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.56° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.