The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2086
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2020
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 | 223.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.88° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.03° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.