The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1924
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
7:18 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 16
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 | 345.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 162.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.68° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.48° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.