The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1913
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
4:01 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -120
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.51° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.