The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1930
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
12:11 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 49.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.24° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.44° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.