The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2135
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
10:02 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2626
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 | 241.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.77° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.65° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.