The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 1945
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
10:09 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 238.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.64° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.44° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.