The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1923
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
7:21 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 4
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.22° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.46° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.