The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2173
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
10:04 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3096
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 | 242.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.01° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.27° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.