The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% 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
3:16 PM
2:57 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -70
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 | 128.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / -0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.86° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.62° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.