The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2143
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2725
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.86° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.04° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.