The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2021
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
11:21 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1216
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 | 255.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.00° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.42° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.