The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 1956
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
12:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.21° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.83° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| 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.