The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
4:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2886
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.70° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.88° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| 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.