The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
4:31 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 148.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.35° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.02° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.2° |
| 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.