The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1960
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
1:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 74.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.03° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.17° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.