The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1975
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 647
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.07° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.23° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.