The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1953
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 221.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.43° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.83° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.