The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2194
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
4:54 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3356
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.77° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.49° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.