The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2089
Last Quarter
51.5% 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
2:06 AM
12:54 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2057
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.39° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.06° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.