The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
2:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 29
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.55° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.92° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.