The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1905
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
5:39 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -219
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 | 338.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 200.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.15° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.17° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.