The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1907
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:23 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -194
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.58° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.15° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.