The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1910
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:35 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -157
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -24.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.12° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.54° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.18° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.