The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2097
Waning Gibbous
69.0% 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
1:41 AM
10:36 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2156
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 | 247.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.72° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.43° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.