The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2024
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
2:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 285.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.30° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.51° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.