The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2146
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
12:13 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2762
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 | 260.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.08° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.08° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| 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.