The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 2105
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
8:37 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2255
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.11° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.64° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.