The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:39 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2614
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.76° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.71° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.