The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 301
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.34° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.15° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.