The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1976
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
11:32 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 35.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.19° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.49° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.