The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
2:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 363
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 | 95.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.62° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.54° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.