The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1971
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 598
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.52° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.96° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| 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.