The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1998
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
1:49 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 81.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.30° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.78° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.