The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
4:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 137.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.42° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.21° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.