The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 9.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.14° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.44° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.