The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2011
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
8:14 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 353.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 147.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.03° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.72° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.