The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
3:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.01° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.34° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.