The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
5:49 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 167.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 339.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.08° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.55° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.