The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2062
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
1:36 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1723
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 | 279.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.49° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.89° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| 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.