The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1919
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
11:36 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -45
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.53° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.92° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.