The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
2:06 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.26° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.01° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.