The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1904
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
7:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -231
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 | 215.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.01° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.52° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.