The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2081
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
2:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1958
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.23° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.70° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.