The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% 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
1:36 PM
2:36 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2243
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 | 96.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.15° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.75° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| 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.