The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
4:06 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 133.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.60° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.95° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.