The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1989
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
5:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 820
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 | 320.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 206.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.01° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.