The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1903
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -243
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 | 68.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.83° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.10° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.