The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2127
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
12:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2527
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.75° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.25° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.