The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1961
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
8:06 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 204.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.14° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.25° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.