The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% 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
1:46 PM
2:43 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2008
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 | 98.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.64° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.35° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.