The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 1975
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
12:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 263.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.29° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.43° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.