The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
5:36 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -33
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -11.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.05° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.35° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.