The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1933
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
2:38 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.62° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.34° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.