The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1921
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
3:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -21
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.21° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.33° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.