The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
4:04 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 400
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 | 132.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.50° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.74° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.