The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1994
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
1:06 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 882
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.74° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.24° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.