The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2075
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
8:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1884
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.59° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.63° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.