The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1937
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
11:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.89° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.04° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.