The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 150.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.80° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.73° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.