Mu<sup>2</sup> Cancri is a solitary, yellow-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ü<sup>2</sup> Cancri, and abbreviated Mu<sup>2</sup> Cnc or ü<sup>2</sup> Cnc. This star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.30. Based upon an annual parallax shift of as seen from Earth, this star is located away from the Sun. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of âÂÂ36 km/s and will make its closest approach in about 611,100 years when it passes at a distance of .
At the estimated age of 5.6 billion years, Mu<sup>2</sup> Cancri is an evolving G-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of G2 IV. It has 1.2 times the mass of the Sun and 1.8 times the Sun's radius. Mu<sup>2</sup> Cancri has relatively high metallicityâÂÂwhat astronomers term the abundance of elements other than hydrogen and heliumâÂÂhaving a 29% higher abundance compared to the Sun. It is radiating 3.65 times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of . The star is spinning with a leisurely projected rotational velocity of 3.7 km/s.