The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1964
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
10:34 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 511
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 | 244.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.93° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.22° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.