The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1940
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
4:07 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.76° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.14° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| 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.