The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2110
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2317
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 359.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.46° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.89° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.