The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1950
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
6:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 338
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.04° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.