The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1981
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
6:43 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 338.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 174.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.51° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.67° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.