The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1902
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
1:44 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -256
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 | 290.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.04° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.02° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.