The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
4:41 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2651
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.82° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.68° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| 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.