The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1942
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
8:07 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.26° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.45° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.