The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 2189
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
7:54 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3294
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.26° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.06° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.