The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
5:24 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 66
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 | 145.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 13.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.26° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.93° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.