The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 2054
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
3:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1624
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -7.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.03° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.53° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.