The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2199
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
1:43 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3418
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.95° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.13° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.