The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
4:39 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2416
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 | 136.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.89° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.49° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.