The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2100
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
2:16 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2193
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.11° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.29° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.