The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1918
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:33 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 253.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.40° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.25° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.