The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2165
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2997
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 | 257.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.50° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.90° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.