The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1910
Last Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
11:42 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -157
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.19° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.66° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.38° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.