The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
4:44 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3121
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 | 143.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.49° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.29° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| 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.