The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 2, 2025
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
1:32 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.05° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.19° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.62° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.