The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2049
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
9:29 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.45° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.65° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.