The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2138
Last Quarter
44.8% 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
3:00 AM
1:20 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2663
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.27° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.70° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.