The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2008
Waning Crescent
11.6% 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
4:33 AM
5:23 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 320.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.80° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| 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.