The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1920
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
6:10 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -33
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:00 PM, is deepest at 9:50 PM and ends at 11:40 PM. Totality lasts from 9:14 PM to 10:27 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.35° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.17° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.