The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 2111
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
2:53 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2329
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.77° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.53° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.