The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1986
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
2:21 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 288.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.82° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.88° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.