The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
3:43 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2280
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 | 122.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.73° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.91° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.