The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
3:37 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2515
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 | 119.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.69° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.10° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| 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.