The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2179
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
4:46 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3170
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.69° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.19° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.